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banded 10 days ago and still feeling so strange on left side??



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i am 10 days out today and i still feel so strange on my left side.. the only way i can describe it is like when you are pregnant and the baby is pushing on you ribs .. i actually feel like i have a baby on my left side.. please tell me some of you recent banders know what i am talking about,because i am starting to think something is wromg:cry

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I had surgery 6 weeks ago and you will feel all kinds of strange things. Is your port on the left side, if so that is normal until you heal. I didn't feel completely sore free untill about 4 weeks.

Corgi

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my port is on the left!! but i am still worried .. i really feel like i have a big ball in me and the port isnt that big??

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I felt the SAME way, it is just still swollen and their is also scare tissue. If you are concerned then call your doctor on Monday, in my opinion it is still to soon after surgery, you are still healing.

Corgi

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i have my second appointment tomorrow.. last tuesday i told him this and he totally brushed it off and said i wasnt even a week out...i know it is soon i just never heard anyone say they felt this...it is especially when i sit down.. i feel like something is there.. and i know there is it just feels so big!!! im sorry if i am rambling ..i am just one of those anxious people and things like this make me nervous

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There is something there, a port, scare tissue and you are swollen.

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Hi Sheri,

I'm a few days ahead of you and I feel strange on my left side too...I also feel like theres a restriction running across my chest where the bra line is. Weird feelings but I'm just chalking them up to the whole thing.....I don't think I have to worry because the port and tubing doesn't really do anything until you need a fill....but they are alien items...

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i have it too and i am 2 weeks out... it feels like my ribs actually hurt on the lower left... and the pain is bad sometimes.. i have to get up and walk around.. but it feels weird.. my port is centrally located (i think) so i am not sure what the deal is...

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It's ok NYgrl, this is the place to come and vent your worries. We won't brush them off. You probably still have a lot of gas issues going on. I know that many people here have had real issues with gas. I know that when I have gas issues, sometimes I get that same "baby in the belly" feeling.

In addition to the gas, you are still very swollen from the surgery--your innerds are probably still in a panic. You just had major surgery and now you have extra "stuff" for your body to worry about.

And as for feeling like you have a big ball, it might be your port as Corgi suggested. I know my port is 4 fingers wide.

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thanks for all the support.. i guess i am just nervous that something is wrong..i didnt think the port was that big? i am glad i am going to the doctor tomorrow so i will tell him all my feelings... i am sure he will blow them off again as he did last week and tell me i just had major surgery..yada yada yada! thanks again everyone for caring;)

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I have pain sometimes on my left side like something is pulling but my port is on the right side. I just chalked it up to healing!

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